Editing Glendale, California (section)

====Second World War and post-war development====
The [[World War II|Second World War]] proved to be a boon to Glendale as Southern California became a major [[staging area]] for the [[Pacific War]]. [[Grand Central Airport (California)|Grand Central Airport]] served as a training facility for [[pilots]] and [[mechanic]]s,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.laconservancy.org/learn/historic-places/grand-central-air-terminal/|title=Grand Central Air Terminal|access-date=January 15, 2025}}</ref> while a [[foundry]] on San Fernando Road produced airplane parts.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.laconservancy.org/learn/historic-places/moonlight-rollerway/|title=Moonlight Rollerway|access-date=February 26, 2025}}</ref>

In 1941, the city launched a municipal [[bus]] system named Glendale City Lines.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.chicagorailfan.com/bcloshis.html|title=MAJOR BUS COMPANIES SERVING LOS ANGELES|access-date=February 26, 2025}}</ref>

In 1942, a new [[Glendale City Hall]], a [[Works Progress Administration]] project in the [[Art Deco in the United States#PWA Moderne|PWA Moderne]] style, was completed on the site of Glendale's first permanent City Hall from 1912.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://livingnewdeal.org/sites/city-hall-glendale-ca/|website=Living New Deal|title=City Hall – Glendale CA|access-date=January 16, 2025}}</ref> In 1943, the [[Los Angeles County Superior Court]] opened a [[courthouse]] in Glendale.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.lacourt.org/generalinfo/aboutthecourt/GI_AC004.aspx|website=Los Angeles County Superior Court|title=Historical Perspective|access-date=February 3, 2025}}</ref> 
[[File:Last Day of Glendale–Burbank Line Service (June 19, 1955).jpg|thumb|right|Last day of Glendale–Burbank Line service (June 19, 1955)]]
In October 1953, the [[Glendale–Burbank Line]] came under the purview of [[Metropolitan Coach Lines]], which initiated a series of service reductions. [[Interurban]] service ended in 1955, bringing an end to Glendale's [[streetcar suburb]] era.<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 20, 1955 |title=L.A. Subway Closes After Special Trolley Car Trip |page=8 |agency=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=http://libraryarchives.metro.net/DPGTL/Glendale-Burbank%20line/LST%20run.pdf |access-date=January 15, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://libraryarchives.metro.net/DPGTL/pacificelectric/1958-history-of-rail-passenger-service-operated-by-pacific-electric-since-1911.pdf|title=A History Of The Rail Passenger Service Operated By The Pacific Electric Railway Company Since 1911 And By Its Successors Since 1953|author=Laurence R. Veysey|date=1958}}</ref>

With the proliferation of [[jet aircraft]], Grand Central Airport's relatively short 3,400-foot runway was unable to accommodate modern aircraft. In 1959, the airport shut down.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/ca3102/|title=Grand Central Air Terminal, 1310 Air Way, Glendale, Los Angeles County, CA|access-date=January 16, 2025}}</ref> In 1961, [[Walt Disney]] purchased a large portion of the closed airport to establish a creative workshop for employees working on the construction of [[Disney Experiences|Disney theme parks]] and attractions worldwide. Initially named WED Enterprises, the team came to be known as [[Walt Disney Imagineering]].<ref name="gdnp">{{cite news|last1=Kleinbaum|first1=Josh|title=Bringing magic to San Fernando|url=http://articles.glendalenewspress.com/2004-05-12/news/export10340_1_grand-central-creative-campus-disney-imagineering-disney-and-city-officials|access-date=February 26, 2025|work=Glendale News Press|publisher=Tribume Publishing|date=May 12, 2004|archive-date=December 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161229033104/http://articles.glendalenewspress.com/2004-05-12/news/export10340_1_grand-central-creative-campus-disney-imagineering-disney-and-city-officials|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Until as late as the 1960s, Glendale was a [[sundown town]], which meant that non-[[White people|white]] people were required to leave city limits by a certain time each day or risk arrest and possible violence.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Crouch |first=Angie |date=October 13, 2020 |title=City of Glendale Apologizes for Its History as a 'Sundown Town' |url=https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/city-of-glendale-apologizes-for-its-history-as-a-sundown-town/2443011/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118151026/https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/city-of-glendale-apologizes-for-its-history-as-a-sundown-town/2443011/ |archive-date=January 18, 2021 |access-date=January 11, 2021 |publisher=NBC Los Angeles}}</ref> This was achieved through, among other methods, [[racism|racist]] housing [[Covenant_(law)#Exclusionary_covenants|covenants]] and police intimidation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-10-15/glendale-racist-past-sundown-town-apology|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|title=Glendale confronts its racist past, apologizing for ‘sundown’ laws|author=Lila Seidman|date=October 15, 2020|access-date=March 28, 2025}}</ref> 

In 1964, Glendale was selected by [[George Lincoln Rockwell]] to be the West Coast headquarters of the [[American Nazi Party]]. In 1965, an anti-Nazi [[political demonstration]] co-sponsored by several groups, Christians Against Bigotry, Anti-Nazi Congress of America, and Jewish Survivors of Concentration Camps, featured [[actor]] [[Ronald Reagan]] as a speaker. The [[Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors]] became involved, amending a law regarding the activities of subversive groups, which was originally drafted in 1941 to control the [[German American Bund]].<ref>{{Citeweb|url=https://glendalereckoning.org/NazisinGlendale/|title=Nazis in Glendale|website=[[Glendale Public Library#ReflectSpace|ReflectSpace]]|access-date=March 27, 2025}}</ref> After a legal battle with the city of Glendale, the party moved their headquarters to [[El Monte, California|El Monte]] in 1966.<ref>{{Cite news |date=February 16, 2018 |title=From the Archives: A protest at Nazi headquarters in El Monte |url=https://www.latimes.com/visuals/photography/la-me-fw-archives-protest-at-nazi-headquarters-in-el-monte-20171005-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201009184539/https://www.latimes.com/visuals/photography/la-me-fw-archives-protest-at-nazi-headquarters-in-el-monte-20171005-story.html |archive-date=October 9, 2020 |access-date=October 13, 2020 |work=LA Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=January 4, 2014 |title=The American Nazi Party's attempts to establish itself in the South Bay |url=http://blogs.dailybreeze.com/history/2014/01/04/the-american-nazi-partys-attempts-to-establish-itself-in-the-south-bay/?doing_wp_cron=1602629332.1215291023254394531250 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014144634/http://blogs.dailybreeze.com/history/2014/01/04/the-american-nazi-partys-attempts-to-establish-itself-in-the-south-bay/?doing_wp_cron=1602629332.1215291023254394531250 |archive-date=October 14, 2020 |access-date=October 13, 2020 |publisher=The Daily Breeze}}</ref>